grapple
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- claw part meronym
Sense 2 verb
come to terms with
We got by on just a gallon of gas
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam
Types & categories
- dredging bucket hypernym
Sense 4 verb
to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match
the two men grappled with each other for several minutes
Types & categories
- clutch hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat
they had a fierce wrestle
Types & categories
- struggle hypernym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | claw |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tool |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crampon |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | extemporize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hack |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeak by |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cope with |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | dredging bucket |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rassling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrestling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | clutch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | grappler |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | clutch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wrestle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | grapple |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | struggle |